Pets on the beach – your pictures

Here is a selection of your best images of pets relaxing on their beach holidays, submitted via
GuardianWitness. Why not submit your tips on the best places to take your pet on holiday by contributing to our
summer assignment?

Pichi on the beach: Our small dog enjoys sunshine and warmth a lot. At the beach he plays and runs in the sand and occasionally he likes to be covered with it! Here is one of these occasions in a beautiful beach in Peloponissos, Greece

Garbage on the beach: Not the best photo, but this is our rat Garbage exploring the beach. He was up for it … followed us back and forth in the sand and stayed just out of the water. He really liked smelling the seaweed …

Charlie learns to surf: Charlie perfects his goofy foot (paw!) on a very cold Christmas holiday in Hossegor, France. Charlie had already mastered standup paddle boarding and was keen on taking on the big waves with Dad

Coco on Selsey beach: Coco, our rescue dog, was an indoor dog for the first two years of his life, and came to us with soft paws. It was lovely to take him to the beach for the first time last month – he went mad for the sand! Here he is, cooling off in the shade of a groyne on Selsey beach

Gadget's first trip to Burgas beach: We actually got Gadget while in Bulgaria, but this puppy photo reminds us of a great holiday. Now she's older we can't go to the beach any more without her digging a trench around the towel to protect us (and covering us in sand)